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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

CHELSEA'S PLAYERS TRY THEIR HANDS IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL WITH NFL SIDE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.

Chelsea proved they were the best
football team in Europe when they lifted the Champions League trophy in
May – now they are trying their hand at dominating another sport,
American football.

While on
their pre-season tour of the USA the players took time out of their
training regime to link up with NFL side the Seattle Seahawks.

Roberto
di Matteo’s side will take on MLS side the Seattle Sounders at
CenturyLink Field on Wednesday and before the game tried their hand at
the different ball game.

Players from both sides exchanged
shirts and Frank Lampard and Branislav Ivanovic attempted both
quarterback and wide receiver duties, while for Petr Cech there was some
impressive kicking on display.

The
Seahawks in turn had goes at scoring goals and keepy-uppy and
afterwards, K.J. Wright, a 22-year-old linebacker who has become a
Chelsea fan through playing computer game soccer, compared performances.

'The Chelsea players need to put some more weight on them if they want to play our sport,’ he told Chelsea TV.

'We do a lot of weights, we are more bulkier than those guys, but they are pretty fast so they could probably play.

'Our
training is different because we do a lot of hitting each other and a
lot of tackling and these guys do a whole lot of running, so they are
more in shape than we are.

'I
have never met a soccer team before and to meet one of the best in the
world was a big experience. I am a Chelsea fan, I watch the games all
the time, and to meet Branislav Ivanovic and Frank Lampard and guys I
play with on the video game, it was real fun.'